Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

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That strange question of the dying man is the recurring theme of Agatha Christie’s magnificent story. “Why didn’t they ask Evans?” he said, and then the eyelids dropped, the jaw fell… It was the beginning of a most baffling mystery. On going to play his ball, Bobby suddenly came upon the body of a man. Still, that game was destined to be a memorable one. And Bobby, in spite of his name, was not much of a golfer. That is easily explained – for Bobby was merely the fourth son of the Vicar of Marchbolt, a small golfing resort on the Welsh coast. There were no eager crowds to groan with dismay. The blurb in the first UK edition read: “Believe it or not, Bobby Jones had topped his drive! He was badly bunkered. This version was then published in Six Redbook Novels by The McCall Company in 1933, prior to the publication of the full text by Dodd Mead in 1935. The story appeared first in the US magazine Redbook in a condensed version in November 1933 (Volume 62, Number 1) under the title The Boomerang Clue with illustrations by Joseph Franké. The complete and unabridged novel was first published in the United Kingdom by Collins Crime Club in September 1934 and Dodd Mead followed with a US first edition the following year under the title The Boomerang Clue. Esta entrada es bilingüe, desplazarse hacia abajo para ver la versión española

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie